Democrats have decisively rejected the proposed Tokyo manga censorship regime, citing unacceptable restrictions on freedom of expression.
The bill had previously been delayed repeatedly by the Tokyo legislature in the hopes a compromise could be reached, but intense popular and Democratic opposition only seems to have hardened, culminating in the bill finally being voted down.
Whilst vote-grubbing politicians might temporarily be silenced by the rejection, the forces behind the ban, including Tokyo’s crazed ultra-right governor Ishihara and donation-grubbing cultist Agnes Chan, remain in place and likely to launch further attacks on material they regard as immoral, should they see an opening.
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LOLICON FTW, USELESS CONSERVATIVES..WOOT
conservatism is a violation of human rights and so is censorship of hentai and eroge
WHERE IS YOUR FUCKING GOD NOW AGNES CHAN?!!!
He is still around but to make death come to Japan I heard it takes time and with time our anger will triumph over your puny sentiments and mental states pedophiles.
We need to find a way to get this dismissed "with prejudice" so that future attempts will have to come back with something original. Then if that doesn't pass the test, take it off the table too, etc... Eventually if they can't find the one shining example that makes a ban necessary, they'll have no further ammo.
Looks like some people still have common sense after all.
VICTORY!
so how about a source?
Great news! At least a small victory for the freedom of expression! Although those moralfags probably won't ever shut up as long as they're alive..
But we shall always stand!
Agnes Chan got a Chuck Norris kick to the mouth. :P
Bet shes crying her eyes out lol
lmao you guys are sick paedophiles
Booyah! suck on a fat one Agnes chan! now alls we need is to abolish the loliban in the UK and the USA
Loli for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now just reject the yaoi ban too and all will be well again~
Another attempt by feminazis twarted by the forces of common sence and freedom. If they don't want to see loli, then stay away from the Japanimation.
From where I live, most of the girls and female otaku that watch anime and read manga like loli characters the most. This commotion that just damages the animation and art industry must never be allowed to flourish once again.
Good. It should be rejected. It's absolutely ridiculous that they'd make a huge fuss over children that don't and have never existed!
politicians need to care about actual child rape, prostitution and CP, no stupid cartoons that dont hurt anyone (well, the consumer is harmed).
I think rape's the priority, personally. I don't oppose prostitution as long as people are protected. Government unionization like they do with other health care professors (which is what I'd associate sex work with) wuold help protect people's interests.
Fucking hell, talk about a victory for closet pedos.
have any of u fuckers taken a step back and actually understood what it is u'r indulging in?
u mad?
he mad
Are people who play "Grand Theft Auto" closet murderers?
I was hoping some kind of loli ban bill would be passed but since the law was too ambiguous maybe it it's a good thing .
So in the end, all they did was making us worried...
Not funny
You don't keep up with the news much do you Tagg? http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/12/13/dpj-backs-manga-ban/
Woot!
Glad to see not everyone feels imposing their views and ideals on others is a necessity.
I know im a lil late posting here but anyway, When is Ishihara due for re-election? If the lil sod has been supporting unpopular ideas such as the loli-ban when that time come (those of you living in Japan) plaster it all over 2ch and any other relevent site and do you best to help drag his popularity down (oh and vote against him yourselves if old enough to vote).
If his replacement wins beacuse of the publics hate for Ishihara,s unpopular views (i.e Loli-ban) im sure the new guy wont be stupid enough to LOSE votes and support it himself, they are after all the only thing 99.9% of politicans really care about as it insures they remain in office.
Very wise move, democrats. Freedom of speech and expression are always of higher value than what the moral guardians and media watchdogs would like to have and not have available. I applaud.
You know, Tokyo Governor Ishihara's gonna re-submit it in September.
Any chance of a RECALL ELECTION?
Hey looks like this was the only time Democrats were good for something.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOH
SNAP
Eh, oh well. Would have been massive lulz if it did.
Well, I'm one of the few here who totally dislikes this genre. It simply is not for me...
That being said: This is fantastic! I despise attempts to oppress freedom in expression and art.
Cheers.
And so the cyborg assassin donned her leather jacket and black sunglasses back on her head. A red faint glow can be seen beyond the sunglasses as she sat back on her motorbike of Opportunistic Morality, while turning herself behind for the last time this year.
"I'll. Be. Back." Said the makeshift-UNICEF woman.
*JENG JENG. JENG. JENG JENG.
Counter Terrorist Win!
haha great lolis are to moe to be censored :)
Best news I've heard all day.
Now if we could just get rid of Agnes and all her buddies once and for all....
"likely to launch further attacks ... should they see an opening"
I wonder what sort of opening they are thinking about?
ganbare nippon!
Srsly... This stuff is absolute okay and a ban would be an insult against all males.
I hope Japan stays Japan, no matter what ugly bitches or whoever says.
Agnes Chan is the Orly Taitz of Japan.
A result to rejoice indeed.
Perhaps emboldened by the increase in poll popularity with a new PM that actually looks more human than alien, the DPJ is no longer concerned with niche feminazi votes and can finally vote with their common sense.
To Ishihara you gaijin-hating prick, after running out of gaijin (particularly Koreans and Chinese) stuff to bash, you decided to target harmless otakus in a bid to stay relevant. The truth is, YOU ARE FUCKING IRRELEVANT ever since your Tokyo Olympic bid failed spectacularly. So fuck you and GTFO.
Fuck yeah!
That girl looks pregnant if you are not looking carefully...
I never lost faith.
Fucking victory.
LOLI BANZAI!!
hehe don't why they even bothering passing it in the first place. there will be more of this in the future and it will be the same results again
We win this time but from what I've heard they will take the ban up for another voting in september :(
They just won't stop and that makes me fucking mad at these femnazis and moralfags!
They'll just get shot down again.
we can only hope
ｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!
I came to Sankaku a lowly Otaku, but leave an empowered lowly Otaku! Celebratory fap anyone?
I'll join you this once for our victory. Wait... that sounded kinda gay back there. <_<
Oh well.
oh yeah Artefact should post a gallery like that
Glad that Miura's message delivers.. :3
Agnes: This won't be over yet, Japan...
That SC article is an epic find.
I went to Sankaku Complex, and got to see Beako again for a change.
I am happy.
HA!
thats all i gotta say.. HA!!
FLAWLESS VICTORY...
Agnes chan u sux...
lol
the never-ending war on loli...don't they realize that it's a war those feminists and other political jackasses can't win?
Indeed...The cuteness and warmth that only anime lolis can deliver will never burn out...
Viva la Hentai Lolicon and Anime, kehehehehe...
Burn Ishihara at the stake and sodomize Agnes Chan with a cross.
Well at least the Japanese government is sticking to their constitution for once... let's just hope they keep strong.
now i know the meaning of
来い！アグネエエエエエエエエエエエエエエエエエエエス！！
Try it again! Agneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
Tonight we dine with our 2d lolis!
Manga Industry will continue having fan service.
YES!! YESS!! lolis not banned! i'm so happy \(^_^)/ and here i was ready for guerrilla warfare.
"The Lolicon is strong with this one"
"unacceptable restrictions on freedom of expression"
Dang straight!
See? Japan did they right thing now why can't the US do it? *sigh* The US is fucked in general methinks I have to get out of here. Or I would have already if I knew of a suitable place to live. Any suggestions? (I'm being serious here)
Uh.... lolicon is LEGAL in the United States, except in some places where it violates 'community standards' (the biggest bullshit legal term ever!).
its obcenity laws, and that is only illegal if you sell it i believe not possess it, however it can still be used aginst you in court if you fuck up
No, selling is irrelevant, Handley didn't sell it.
The USA can't do these things because they follow a communist government. To prove my point, a woman walked into the senate and started complaining about everything that was going on. For speaking her point, they arrested her. The USA restricts a lot of things that they say are free and foreign people are fools to fall for it and they move to America.
Yea, wtf does that have to do with communism....?
Yeah seriously that's an expression issue, and the US is primarily capitalist.
...which has exactly nothing to do with communism you fool.
"if I knew of a suitable place to live."
Isn't the answer obvious :)
no life isnt that hard. japan if you are a different race, you are lucky to get any job of importance at all, much less a 20000 a year + (usd) job. well, beyond being a teacher, but i don't think they would pay you a whole hell of allot.
If your talking about Japan then you need the guts to fight through all the xenophobic crap, get married for citizenship while finding a wife who is not a bitch, and find a good paying job (and keeping it). All of the above will require fighting extremely hard and the odds are against any who try. It's a choice and it will no doubt pay off big time if you are able to succeed but there are others also.
but it's worth to fight through all the xenophobic crap... And you don't need a Japanese citizenship to live in Japan.
@23:36
kid, what you described is called 'Life'
not only in japan, I can tell you
Make no mistake, America has it's flaws, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Remember, just because you have free speech doesn't mean you can burst into a senate building and just start mouthing off. If people could do that, even LESS would get done there.
Freedom of expression: 1
Corporate/political hegemony: 194
There aren't too many places where you can get this kind of freedom of speech.
In America, you get the religious right breathing down the necks of your representatives, and in Europe, you get pussy governments giving in to feminazis.
As anon 23:36 said, Living in Japan is hard for gaijin. Getting past the Xenophobia might not be too hard, but you'll be severely limited in job opportunities that aren't directed towards gaijin(language teacher, translator, etc) Plus, the immigration policies are strict, and don't plan on staying if you lose your job and you're not married to a citizen.
yea, thats why shit loads of places have no foreigner signs.
I've been told (by non-Japanese people who reside in Japan) the xenophobia thing isn't an issue as long as you don't go looking for trouble.
You don't become an economical superpower by chasing foreigners with pitchforks.
Jesus Saves. Rebound, Lolis SCORE!!!!
Like I said before, lolis are the future of Japan. PERIOD!
And feminazis can go STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!
Your statement is ambiguous.
It could mean "lolis are the future because they must grow up to produce several children each"
or it could mean
"lolis as sex objects are the future because it is convenient to market loli-themed products to paying customers."
BANZAI !!!
Hardly. The future looks quite blank loli-wise, these bans had a very bad effect still.
Lolicons +1
Feminazis 0
It's such a good thing such a stupid bill didn't pass.
was thinking it more like
Lolicons +4 (for all the other times it did not go right and the fact so many places hate it and japan is like too bad we having it)
Feminazis +1 ( they got rapelay banned yea i know it made the game get a hell lot more dl but still got a game ban)
Thank you...Thank you oh powerful Hentai Gods, Overfiend of Tentacle Monsters and the lolicon enthusiast at the Japanese government!!!
I'd say it's a win for all of us that enjoy freedom of speech, not just people with interests of the lolicon variety. Finally... FINALLY the Japanese grew balls.
Please keep in mind that femnazis are far from the only ones who want something like this. Even conservative Christians are keen on stuff like this, because heaven forbid anyone, especially kids, show any skin below the neck.
Well your wrong about one thing, they can show skin and much more alone in that confession box, and then echos throughout the church, the priest breathlessly yelling "Hail Mary"
Die you Femnazi Christmas Cakes! Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Oh Yeah! Democrats rulez!
Feminists most likely had nothing to do with this, most feminists are democrat and disagree with Christian values. I consider myself a feminist and I fucking love me some loli.
I was expecting 400 + comments and lots of "celebrating" on this website, but this is all there is?
Weird.. I'm fucking speechless..
i do believe were all in concurance here. Al hail Beako-sama.
BEAKO-SAMA!! BEAKO-SAMA!!
Screw the lolicons, at this point we are talking about freedom of expression. This sweet victory, but these kinds of stupid laws come around every year, you can't just relax.
Including stealth bans, laws passed so secretly most politicians don't know they've been passed, let alone the people.
I'm pretty sure the Lolicons had a higher score than that. Nyohohohoho!
You made Agnes-chan cry
cuz i stuck my dick in her eye
That's still a good thing.
Yeah I bet even the Nazis would allow Nazi-themed lolicon doujin of Prussian Blue or something.
calling agnes chan and her people feminazis is bad...
you are insulting the nazis
Lolicons be proud!, lets party hard tonight with sexy lolis around!
OMG and then DPJ reneged on their word: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/12/13/dpj-backs-manga-ban/
and nothing of value is lost.
except the shattered pride of certain "nazi" moralists
Actually it turns out her tears are needed to cure cancer. She'll never cry again.
that would be chuck norris... the epitome of awesome
not this bitch... the epitome of FUCK YOU
she don't care about loliban really, she just a attention whore ...
Fuck yeah!
Best news this morning. I may go out of the house and flash my hairy manboobs at the normals out of sheer joy.
Rofl, i lol'd at that so hard miroku, well done.
Remember, pics or it didn't happen. i'll give you $5 if you do it.
That would be creepy. I'd advise you to avoid that just in case some nosy neighbor sues you for public indecency just like that other "naked" guy...
what one, there were a few.
i remember one guy, who was nude in his house, and was only seen getting snacks was sued because a woman said it may influence her 2 year old child the wrong way.
"freedom of expression" nice reason.
Nice reason and the right reason. The fact is that even if someone has a problem with what someone is drawing/writing/whatever.... JUST DON'T READ OR VIEW WHAT THE PERSON IS WRITING/DRAWING!
It's very simple.
Loli-Mio and Azunyan are here to stay!!! ^^
VICTORY! None may oppress the loli's and win. It was a futile effort to begin with.
Come my loli bretheren, let us indulge in bread and wine and tell many tales of loli's.
Its finally nice to see people taking their heads out of their asses and noticing that this bill was destroying freedom of expression, kudos people who voted down this bill, kudos.
Don't forget our loli vampires.
Freedom of Lolicon!!
Not quite so. Lolicon didn't win anything, it's just that the feminazi failed to win this time. So long as they can reword and retry, this is nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.
The opportunity will come again, and you never know who the
sheeppeople will elect next time. Like Sun Tsu has said, defence is to be avoided in favour of other tactics, unless it's absolutely necessary.How is this a Pyrrhic victory? There were no material or personal losses on either side, really.
not to sound like an ass or anything but how is this pyrrhic? We didn't lose anything and it wasn't a battle not worth fighting for us. Even if all we did was hold the line, that line held. If anything they can only expect a pyrrhic victory as by the time they do when, if they do, much of their ugliness may have been put on display. How they could still win by that point is a logical failure but I've seen dumber.
More like the opposite of a Pyrrhic victory - a not-so-costly loss for the feminazis. It's not like the lolicon actually lost anything.
How about we vote you down XD?
20:39 has a point there. But hey... It's time to bask in the glory of victory!
Eat sh*t and d*e feminazis
mte.
Actually, wouldn't this be:
loli: 2
femnazis: 0
They tried it last year and it was pretty much stalled until I couldn't be voted on.